Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) by country
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Domestic Private Transfers programs (%)
Countries reporting
31
Highest
0.3445 poorest
Thailand
Lowest
0.006 poorest
Poland
Median
0.218 poorest
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
318
What the numbers show
Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 0.3445 poorest in Thailand; the lowest is 0.006 poorest in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.218 poorest, and the mean is 0.2092 poorest.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 58.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 148.4%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 97.0%).
Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 0.3445 poorest | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 2 | Romania | 0.3172 poorest | 2021 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 0.3055 poorest | 2018 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 0.3033 poorest | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2707 poorest | 2018 | up 148.4% | rising |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 0.2457 poorest | 2019 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 7 | Mongolia | 0.2432 poorest | 2020 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 8 | Belarus | 0.2394 poorest | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 0.2379 poorest | 2020 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 10 | Georgia | 0.2363 poorest | 2021 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 0.2342 poorest | 2022 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0.2313 poorest | 2022 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 0.2298 poorest | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 14 | Uruguay | 0.2249 poorest | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 0.2184 poorest | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 0.218 poorest | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2171 poorest | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 0.2116 poorest | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2105 poorest | 2020 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 20 | El Salvador | 0.2091 poorest | 2022 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 21 | Armenia | 0.2011 poorest | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 22 | Ecuador | 0.1845 poorest | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 23 | Peru | 0.1707 poorest | 2022 | up 89.0% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 0.1662 poorest | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 0.1574 poorest | 2019 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 26 | Türkiye | 0.1557 poorest | 2019 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 27 | Panama | 0.1507 poorest | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 28 | Brazil | 0.1381 poorest | 2022 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 0.1342 poorest | 2019 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 0.0711 poorest | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 31 | Poland | 0.006 poorest | 2019 | down 97.0% | falling |
About this data
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Domestic Private Transfers programs (%)